AN OTTOMAN GOLD OVERLAID STEEL KNIFE Y
TURKEY, SIGNED AND DATED AH 1215/ AD 1800
£819
Auction: 11 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
with finely watered steel tapering blade, with walrus-ivory hilt, the forte and spine decorated in gold overlay with floral motifs, one side of the forte with a date in hiji, the other side inscribed with ‘The work of Muhammad Hadi’
Dimensions
31.6cm long
Provenance
Private Scottish collection.
Footnote
CITES STATUS: Walrus Odobenus rosmarus– CITES Appendix III (Only in Canada & Denmark), Annex B - Excluded from the 28 January 2025 extension of other marine ivory species to the Ivory Act (2018)